I've always been a planner...some say to a fault. Some people have criticized me for "wasting time" planning, when I should just jump in and "git 'er done". I believe good planning is essential to success. So, rather than sitting at my keyboard banging out whatever came into my head...just to get something on paper, I brainstormed with myself.

Joe Taylor Because much of what I write is in the first person there is often confusion about whether the voice is "me" or "the narrator". For better or worse,…